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(No Model.)

H. HYDE. DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

No. 580,175. Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

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DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,175, dated April 6,189'?.

Application led December 4, 1895. Serial No. 571,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HAMPDEN HYDE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe,in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inDrinking-Fountains, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying d rawing, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in drinking-fountains, and has forits object the production of a simple and practical device which isreadily cleaned, prevents a person when drinking from contacting anysurface of the fountain with his lips, and affords no chance for thelodgment and accumulation of impurities, injurious germs, the.; and tothis end it consists, essentially, in the general construction andarrangement of the component parts of the fountain, all as hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming a part of this specification, in which like lettersindicate corresponding parts.

The drawing is a longitudinal vertical section, partly in elevation, ofmy improved fountain.

It is well known that drinking vessels, especially when used by a numberof people,con tribute more or less to the spread of disease, as the useris required or permitted to contact his lips with surfaces upon whichimpurities and injurious germs are liable to lodge and accumulate. Myimproved drinkin g-fountain is designed to obviate this undesirableresult, and it is of such construction that when one is drinking he isunable to contact his lips with any surface of the fountain.

A B represent, respectively, induction and eduotion conduits, which arepreferably formed in a frame C, although they may obviously consist ofseparate pipes. One end of the frame C is formed at its upper side withan outer opening o, leading into the eductionconduit B, and an inneropening a, alined with the former opening b and leading from theinduction-conduit A. The opposite end of the frame is formed withopenings a b' in its lower face, and detachably arranged therein areinlet and outlet pipes A B', the water being fed through the inlet-pipeunder pressure.

It is sometimes desirable to clean the eduction-conduit B, andconsequently the outer end of the frame C is provided with a removableplug C', which permits access to said conduit.

C2 is a bowl having its lower end detachably arranged in the opening band provided with an aperture c, communicating with the conduit B, andas preferably constructed said bowl flares upwardly and is provided withan opening c in its top formed of sufficient diameter to prevent aperson when drinking from engaging its edge with his lips.Avertically-rising stream is discharged directly into the base of thebowl C2 by a jet-tube D, having one end detachably arranged in theopening a and its opposite end provided with an outlet and depressedconsiderably beneath the top edge of the bowl C2. A suitable screen Dpreferably surrounds the jet-tube D, but may be omitted, if desired.

E is an automatically-closing valve movable'within the frame C fornormally preventing the passage of the liquid through the inductionconduit, and thus avoiding waste thereof, and Fis a valve, preferablyconnected to the inlet-pipe A', for regulating the supply in saidinduction-conduit. The valves E and F' may be of any desirable form,size, and construction, and I have therefore deemed it unnecessary tospecifically illustrate and describe the same. I prefer, however, toconstruct the valve F with a detachable operating piece or key, (noti1lustrated,) so as to prevent the adjustment of the valve by thoseunprovided with said operating piece or key.

In the practical use of my inventiona person desiring a drink operatesthe valve E to permit the flow of the liquid,which rises within the bowlO2 from the tube D in a stream of comparatively small diameter. He thendepresses his head so that the rising stream readily enters his mouthand all surplus water falls downwardly into the bowl O2, whence itescapes through the conduit B to the pipe B. A drink obtained in thismanner is particularly pleasing and refreshing, and there is obviouslyno liability of contamination of the fountain or the drinker byimpurities and injurious germs.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

The herein described drinking fountain, the saine comprising inductionand eduotion conduits, an inlet-pipe connected to the induction-conduitfor discharging the liquid thereinto under pressure, a bowl opening intothe eduotion-eonduit, a jet-tube discharging direotly into the base ofthe bowl and an automatieally-olosin g valve for normally preventing thepassage of the liquid through the in-

